The Angola national basketball team represents Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

 in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 13th in the world rankings, Angola is the top team in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympics and World Championships.

International Competitions

Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The Basketball games of the 1992 Summer Olympics were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament....

, 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal...

, 2000 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:...

, 2002 FIBA World Championship

2002 FIBA World Championship

The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.-Venues:-Squads:...

, 2004 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....

, and the 2006 FIBA World Championships as well as the FIBA Africa Championship where the team has won 8 of the last 9 FIBA Africa Championship

FIBA Africa Championship

The FIBA Africa Championship is the men's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof...

s, with the first coming in 1989 and the most recent in 2007. In addition, they won the tournament for Basketball at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Basketball at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The Basketball tournament at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held in Algeria from 12 July to 22 July. The winners were Angola who defeated Egypt in the finals 56-50....

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2006 Basketball World Championships

They competed in the 2006 Basketball World Championships in Group B alongside Germany

Germany national basketball team

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, Japan

Japan national basketball team

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, New Zealand

New Zealand national basketball team

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, Panama, and Spain

Spain national basketball team

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. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand and Japan) and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France

France national basketball team

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 for a total record of 3 wins and 3 loses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouses such as Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia national basketball team

The Serbian national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches....

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Olympic Games record

• 1992
  Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  The Basketball games of the 1992 Summer Olympics were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament....
  
  : 10th
• 1996
  Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal...
  
  : 11th
• 2000
  Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:...
  
  : 12th
• 2004
  Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....
  
  : 12th
• 2008
  Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...
  
  : 12th

FIBA World Championship record

• 1986 FIBA World Championship
  1986 FIBA World Championship
  The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 1986.The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid...
  
  : 20th
• 1990 FIBA World Championship
  1990 FIBA World Championship
  The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...
  
  : 13th
• 1994 FIBA World Championship
  1994 FIBA World Championship
  The 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton...
  
  : 16th
• 2002 FIBA World Championship
  2002 FIBA World Championship
  The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.-Venues:-Squads:...
  
  : 11th
• 2006 FIBA World Championship
  2006 FIBA World Championship
  The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation , Japan Basketball Association and the 2006 Organizing Committee...
  
  : 10th
• 2010 FIBA World Championship
  2010 FIBA World Championship
  The 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
  
  : 15th

African Championship record

Egypt 1962 FIBA Africa Championship 1962 The FIBA Africa Championship 1962 was hosted by the United Arab Republic from March 24 to March 30, 1962. The games were played in Cairo. The United Arab Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by going undefeated in the round robin format.-Competing Nations:The following...  : Did not participate Morocco 1964 FIBA Africa Championship 1964 The FIBA Africa Championship 1964 was hosted by Morocco from March 4 to March 8, 1964. The games were played in Casablanca. The United Arab Republic won the tournament, its second straight African Championship, by going undefeated in the round robin format....  : Did not participate Tunisia 1965 FIBA Africa Championship 1965 The FIBA Africa Championship 1965 was hosted by Tunisia from March 28 to April 2, 1965. The games were played in Tunis. Morocco won the tournament, its first African Championship, by going undefeated in the round robin format.-Competing Nations:...  : Did not participate Morocco 1968 FIBA Africa Championship 1968 The FIBA Africa Championship 1968 was hosted by Morocco from March 29 to April 6, 1968. The games were played in Casablanca. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City...  : Did not participate Egypt 1970 FIBA Africa Championship 1970 The FIBA Africa Championship 1970 was hosted by the United Arab Republic from March 9 to March 15, 1970. The games were played in Alexandria. United Arab Republic won the tournament, the country's third African championship and qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship as a result.-Competing...  : Did not participate Senegal 1972 FIBA Africa Championship 1972 The FIBA Africa Championship 1972 was hosted by Senegal from December 25, 1971 to January 2, 1972. The games were played in Dakar. Senegal won the tournament, its second African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final...  : Did not participate Central African Rep. 1974 FIBA Africa Championship 1974 The FIBA Africa Championship 1974 was hosted by the Central African Republic from April 5 to April 15, 1974. The games were played in Bangui. Central African Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Senegal in the final...  : Did not participate Egypt 1975 FIBA Africa Championship 1975 The FIBA Africa Championship 1975 was hosted by Egypt from December 20 to December 28, 1975. The games were played in Alexandria. Egypt won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, and a berth in the 1976 Summer Olympics by going undefeated in the round robin format.-Competing Nations:The...  : Did not participate Senegal 1978 FIBA Africa Championship 1978 The FIBA Africa Championship 1978 was hosted by Senegal from December 24, 1977 to January 1, 1978. The games were played in Dakar. Senegal won the tournament, its third African Championship, to qualify for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.-Competing Nations:...  : Did not participate

Morocco 1980 FIBA Africa Championship 1980 The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat. Senegal won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final...  : 7th Somalia 1981 FIBA Africa Championship 1981 The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. The games were played in Mogadishu. Cote d'Ivoire won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final...  : 8th Egypt 1983 FIBA Africa Championship 1983 The FIBA Africa Championship 1983 was hosted by Egypt from December 19 to December 28, 1983. The games were played in Alexandria. Egypt won the tournament, its fifth African Championship, to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....  : 2nd Côte d'Ivoire 1985 FIBA Africa Championship 1985 The FIBA Africa Championship 1985 was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire from December 20 to December 28, 1985. The games were played in Abidjan. Côte d'Ivoire won the tournament, its second African Championship, by beating Angola in the final...  : 2nd Tunisia 1987 FIBA Africa Championship 1987 The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was hosted by Tunisia from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in Tunis. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...  : 3rd Angola 1989 FIBA Africa Championship 1989 The FIBA Africa Championship 1989 was hosted by Angola from December 16 to December 27, 1989. The games were played in Luanda. Angola won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final...  : Champion Egypt 1992 FIBA Africa Championship 1992 The FIBA Africa Championship 1992 was hosted by Egypt from December 28 to January 8, 1993. The games were played in Cairo. Angola won the tournament, the country's 2nd consecutive African championship, by beating Senegal in the final.-Competing Nations:...  : Champion Kenya 1993 FIBA Africa Championship 1993 The FIBA Africa Championship 1993 was hosted by Kenya from September 18 to September 28, 1993. The games were played in Nairobi. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada...  : Champion

Algeria 1995 FIBA Africa Championship 1995 The FIBA Africa Championship 1995 was hosted by Algeria from December 11 to December 18, 1995. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the berth allocated to Africa for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...  : Champion Senegal 1997 FIBA Africa Championship 1997 The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th...  : 3rd Angola 1999 FIBA Africa Championship 1999 The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was hosted by Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999. The games were played in Cabinda and Luanda. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the berth allocated to Africa for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...  : Champion Morocco 2001 FIBA Africa Championship 2001 The FIBA Africa Championship 2001 was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the...  : Champion Egypt 2003 FIBA Africa Championship 2003 The FIBA Africa Championship 2003 was hosted by Egypt from August 7 to August 16, 2003. The games were played in Alexandria. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the one berth allocated to Africa for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...  : Champion Algeria 2005 FIBA Africa Championship 2005 The FIBA Africa Championship 2005 was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to August 24, 2005. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to Africa for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan...  : Champion Angola 2007 FIBA Africa Championship 2007 -5th-8th Playoff:-9th-12th playoff:-13th-16th Playoff:-Final standings:-External links:*...  : Champion Libya 2009 FIBA Africa Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...  : Champion Madagascar 2011 :

Rosters

1986 World Championship: finished 20th among 24 teams

Jean-Jacques Conceição, David Dias, Manuel Sousa "Necas", Anibal Moreira, Adriano Baiao, Josue Campos, Jose Carlos Guimaraes, Jose Assis, Ademar Barros, Paulo Macedo (Coach: Victorino Silva Cunha)

1988 Olympic Games: did not participate

1990 World Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams

Jean-Jacques Conceição, David Dias, Anibal Moreira, Paulo Macedo, Manuel Sousa “Necas”, Ademar Barros, Angelo Victoriano, Jose Carlos Guimaraes, Ivo Alfredo, Nelson Sardinha, Herlander Coimbra, Antonio Carvalho (Coach: Victorino Silva Cunha)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Jean-Jacques Conceição, David Dias, Jose Carlos Guimaraes, Manuel Sousa “Necas”, Benjamim Ucuahamba, Paulo Macedo, Benjamim Romano, Nelson Sardinha, Antonio Carvalho, Herlander Coimbra, Anibal Moreira, Angelo Victoriano (Coach: Victorino Silva Cunha)

1994 World Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams

Jean-Jacques Conceição, David Dias, Herlander Coimbra, Ivo Alfredo, Benjamim Romano, Anibal Moreira, Antonio Carvalho, Benjamim Ucuahamba, Paulo Macedo, Honorato Troso, Angelo Victoriano, Domingos Santos (Coach: Victorino Silva Cunha)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Jean-Jacques Conceição, David Dias, Antonio Carvalho, Angelo Victoriano, Benjamim Ucuahamba, Honorato Troso, Anibal Moreira, Herlander Coimbra, Jose Carlos Guimaraes, Benjamim Romano, Edmar Vitoriano, Justino Victoriano (Coach: Wlademiro Romero)

1998 World Championship: did not participate

2000 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams

David Dias, Herlander Coimbra, Antonio Carvalho, Anibal Moreira, Edmar Victoriano, Victor Muzadi, Angelo Victoriano, Belarmino Chipongue, Buila Katiavala, Carlos Almeida, Miguel Lutonda, Domingos Santos (Coach: Mário Palma)

2002 World Championship: finished 11th among 16 teams

Antonio Carvalho, Eduardo Mingas, Angelo Victoriano, Victor Muzadi, Miguel Lutonda, Belarmino Chipongue, Edmar Victoriano, Joaquim Gomes, Afonso Silva, Carlos Almeida, Gerson Monteiro

Gerson Monteiro

Valter Gerson Correia da Rocha Monteiro is an Angolan professional basketball player. He formerly played for Primeiro de Agosto, and was a longtime member of the Angola national basketball team. He is also a Portuguese citizen...

, Walter Costa (Coach: Mário Palma)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams

Olimpio Cipriano, Victor Muzadi, Edmar Victoriano, Antonio Carvalho, Eduardo Mingas, Abdelaziz Boukar, Miguel Lutonda, Angelo Victoriano, Joaquim Gomes, Carlos Almeida, Gerson Monteiro, Walter Costa (Coach: Mário Palma)

2006 World Championship: finished 10th among 24 teams

Olimpio Cipriano

Olimpio Cipriano

Olimpio Cipriano is an Angolan professional basketball player with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto. A guard, he has competed in various international competitions for the Angola national basketball team, including the 2004 Summer Olympics and the FIBA Africa Championship 2005...

, Antonio Carvalho, Joaquim Gomes

Joaquim Gomes

Joaquim Gomes is an Angolan professional basketball player. He has played in professionally in Germany and the Netherlands and currently plays for Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto in Angola....

, Abdelaziz Boukar, Miguel Lutonda

Miguel Lutonda

Miguel Pontes Lutonda is an Angolan professional basketball point guard.-Career:Lutonda represented Angola at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics with the Angola national basketball team. He also competed with Angola at the 2002 and 2006 FIBA World Championships.-Sources:* at basket-stats.info* at...

, Eduardo Mingas

Eduardo Mingas

Eduardo Mingas is an Angolan professional basketball power forward. He stands and weighs 107 kg and has represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships.-Sources:*...

, Luis Costa

Luis Costa

Luis Costa is an Angolan professional basketball player with Atlético Petróleos Luanda and the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 93 kg in weight. He represented Angola at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the FIBA Africa Championship 2007.-References:...

, Milton Barros

Milton Barros

Milton Lourenco Rosa Barros is an Angolan professional basketball player with Atlético Petróleos Luanda and the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 86 kg in weight...

, Emanuel Neto

Emanuel Neto

Emanuel Neto is a 6'9" basketball center currently attending Stony Brook University after transferring from San Jacinto College. Neto has also been a member of the Angola national basketball team earned 10th place in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. During the 2006-2007 season for Stony Brook,...

, Armando Costa

Armando Costa

Armando Costa is an Angolan professional basketball guard. He is 192 cm tall and weighs 91 kg . Costa plays for the basketball side of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and the Angola national basketball team...

, Carlos Morais

Carlos Morais

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, Carlos Almeida

Carlos Almeida

Carlos Domingues Bendinha de Almeida is an Angolan professional basketball shooting guard with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 91 kg in weight...

 (Coach: Alberto Carvalho

Alberto Carvalho

Alberto de Carvalho, also known as Ginguba , is the Angolan-Portuguese coach of the Angola national basketball team....

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